TV Land on Trial

Residents of Salem, Massachusetts–a town epitomized by neon broomsticks–are drawing the line at a proposed 9-foot bronze statue of Samantha Stephens:

Critics point out that the link between Salem and "Bewitched" is tenuous. The show was set in Westport, Conn., but a few 1970 episodes were filmed in Salem, where Samantha Stephens, played by the late Elizabeth Montgomery, attended a witch convention.